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Aurichalcite, Calcite and Hemimorphite (Urish Coll.)
- Omega Mine, Helvetia, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona
- Small Cabinet, 8.5 x 8.0 x 4.1 cm
- Start Time: 10/21/2011 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/27/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A very fine and colorful, old-time combination plate from this obscure small Arizona locale, that produced ore from 1877-1920. Gorgeous, turquoise-blue, aurichalcite botryoids are richly covered by glassy, flattened calcite rhombs on the front. A 4.9 cm vug on the side of the gossan plate is lined with sparkly calcite on a layer of underlying hemimorphite. This combination is rare from the Omega Mine. From the well known Tucson collection of 40-year collector, Harold Urish.